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Xiaoxiao Li: The Plant Cell First Author

Xiaoxiao Li, co-first author of “Ectopic expression of BOTRYTIS SUSCEPTIBLE1 reveals its function as a positive regulator of wound-induced cell death and plant susceptibility to Botrytis” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at Zhejiang University Education: M.S., Zhejiang A&F University Non-scientific…

AHA2 is involved in ABA-induced stomatal closure

Author et al. explore the role of plasma membrane H +-ATPases in ABA-induced stomatal closure. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac106 By Zhizhong Gong1, 2 and Dan Pei1 1State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing,…

Jiawei Xiong: The Plant Cell First Author

Jiawei Xiong, first author of  “The deubiquitinating enzymes UBP12 and UBP13 positively regulate recovery after carbon starvation by modulating BES1 stability in Arabidopsis thaliana” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Sichuan University Education: Bachelor’s degree, Sichuan Agricultural…

Li Yu: The Plant Cell First Author

Li Yu, first author of "Eudicot primary cell wall glucomannan is related in synthesis, structure and function to xyloglucan" Current position: Research Associate at University of Cambridge with Prof. Paul Dupree. Education: PhD in Biochemistry Department from the Northeast Normal University, China…

OUT OF THE BLUE and into the leaf veins

Grunwald et al. explore how blue light regulates leaf water balance https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac089 By Y. Grunwald, S. Gosa, T. Torne Srivastava, M. Moshelion and N. Moran. The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture,…

Luyan Zhou: The Plant Cell First Author

Luyan Zhou, co-first author of “Phytochrome Interacting Factor Regulates Stomatal Aperture by Coordinating Red Light and Abscisic Acid” Current Position: Master degree candidate at Yangzhou University, China Education: B.Sc. at Yangzhou University, China Non-scientific Interests: Reading,…

Qian Li: The Plant Cell First Author

Qian Li, co-first author of “Phytochrome Interacting Factor Regulates Stomatal Aperture by Coordinating Red Light and Abscisic Acid” Current Position: Master degree candidate at Yangzhou University, China Education: B.Sc. at Yangzhou University, China Non-scientific Interests: Reading and…